Waleed Taha

Experience

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  Contract Dept, KAAB, Dhahran, Saudi Services and Operating CO

  Mar 1979 - Jul 1987

  CONTRACTS SPECIALIST / ACCOUNTANT

   Reviewed and evaluated contracts, between the Royal Saudi Airforce (RSAF) and their maintenance and services contractors at King Abdul Aziz Airbase to insure full contractual commitments of all parties.  Evaluate and analyzed contractors’ offers and bids. Inspected contracted sites. Identified deficiencies and followed-up with the applicable contractors to ensure the correction of any outstanding items. Accountant/Admin: supervise all personal affairs as well as government liaison transaction, I created and developed the storage system of this enterprises, I did account and book keeping jobs, and other office work. Show less

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  Dhahran airport&Airbase-Operation&Maintenance contract committee,Headed BY HRH Turki BinNaser AlSaud

  Aug 1987 - Jul 1989

  Executive Coordinator

   Managed all executive-meeting preparations from scheduling to final actions. Managed invitations, agendas, meeting set-up and layouts, distribution of minutes and any subsequent paper work required.  Followed-up action-items to ensure closure and reported to higher management accordingly

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  Saudi Services and Operating Company Ltd. (SSOC)

  Aug 1989 - Jul 1991

  MAINTENANCE SERVICES MANAGER

  Sports facilities king Abdulaziz airbase,Contracts Dept,KAAB, Dhahran,Saudi Services & Operating Co. Managed the maintenance of the Royal Saudi Air Force sport center at King Abdul Aziz Air Base.  Managed all of the contractual affairs and related issues.  Interfaced with engineers and client to ensure quality work.  Supervised maintenance activities from start of work to final inspection

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  BAE Systems

  Aug 1991 - Feb 1994

  Administrator

  Base Supply Squadrons,KAAB,BAE British Aerospace,Alyamamah project  Managed all paper works of the Base Supply Squadron (BSS).  Developed all of the standard official forms used in the BSS.  Developed various data base applications to insure accurate records and reporting systems.  Managed Arabic to English and English to Arabic translation services for all official documents and letters.  Compiled daily and weekly reports for upper level management.

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  AT&T

  Mar 1994 - Dec 1995

  5ESS Switching Installation Coordinator

  Western & Southern Region,TEP 6 Total Value 7Billions US$ Inside Plant Deployment,AT&T/Lucent Technologies. Interfaced and coordinated with Saudi Telecom Co (STC), Nour Consult, Engineering Dept and Inside Plant HQ in Lucent in the switching implementation in the region. Supervise the switching staff. Prepare the site for PAT.  Interface with other depts. In Lucent HQ on behalf of my staff. In addition to my task, I have been Managed the Public Affairs for the region. Developed and maintained a data base for the personal records of the Inside Plant staff. Show less

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  Lucent Technologies

  Jan 1996 - Jan 2002

  junction & CANS Network,As-Built & Finance Assurance Dept Lucent Technologies II Serving as the leader of the outside plant Junction and Customer Access Network (CAN) reconciliation team in the TEP6 Project Kingdom wide.  Interfacing extensively with the project consultant and client to insure full reconciliation of all project main records.  Supervising and training office staff. Resolving and handling issues of As-Built Bills-of-Quantities (BoQs) of Junction and CAN elements.  Prepare and follow-up reconciliation files from data entry till final approval by consultant and client (STC). Show less Western & Southern Regions Lucent Technologies, Saudi Arabia  Developed and managed the processing of Western & Southern Regions’ sites diaries throw project management tracing system upon receipt from the working sites.  Developed a tracking system to organize the process of data entry and related reporting. Communicated extensively with field Operation and Construction Managers to ensure fully accurate records.  Coordinate with project management tracing system advisor to generate new reports and to fix any problem. Show less

  • Field Operation Manager

    May 1998 - Jan 2002

  • REGIONAL SITE DIARY SUPERVISOR(Outside Plant)Document Control Center

    Jan 1996 - Apr 1998
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  Stc

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2005

  Quality Assurance Controller/ projects engineer

  Quality Assurance Controller/ projects engineer Contracts and Projects Dept, Accesses Network, HQ Saudi Telecom STC – Riyadh  Review and update the outside plant units and the definitions. Prepare the cost estimated for Fiber projects around the kingdom. Review the MOPs of fiber optic routs. Follow up the necessary action with 450 project management, Planning, Engineering and Nour consultant in the related issue of the outside plant. Projects as well with the districts Furnish the senior management the Consultancy in fiber optic projects. Qualified the contractors will be working at OSP projects mainly fiber optic. Coordination with fundamental and planning dept about the fiber optic projects. Doing the necessary action in daily issues Based on manager directions Show less

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  Thales

  Feb 2005 - Jun 2010

  for SNFN with 15,000KM length Kingdome wide (Saudi National Fiber Optic Network for Mobily fiber network THALES co / STESA co (Saudi Technical Engineering Systems) The Saudi national fiber network phase one about 3,400 km ducted system covered major cities: Dammam, Riyadh, Taif, Makkah, Jeddah, Madinah, Buraidah, Unayzah, Kkharj,Hardh, Hofuf and Khobar. Implanted for three clients (Mobily, Bayanat & ITC) within 18 months with 96 fiber with new specification first time used in gulf even in Arab countries.  Managing all engineering section for OSP work. Evaluate the OSP contractor technical wise and negotiate the prices and the scope of work. Follow up OSP subcontractors activities including their implantation schedule. Steer OSP meeting with the client negotiating all related issue as well internal meetings. Direct manager for Makkah city OSP implantation which was implemented by our company directly. Managing the material section requested by OSP activities. Ring 3 Manager for SNFN phase 2.This ring started from alkharj – khamis mushait – Najran – Jizan – Abha – Baha – Jeddah with total length of 3000 km, my responsibilities covered all telecom activities like civil, transmission installation, electro mechanical systems & OSP with full activities. Show less valued SAR.1.2 Billion – THALES / STESA (Saudi Technical Engineering Systems)  My role is making sure the Mobily fiber network is working at optimum conditions. Coordination with residence site engineers (Kingdome wide) to make sure maintenance routines are conducted regularly, all materials needed for emergencies is available and in good working conditions, and all materials needed for fiber repair is available.  Making reports for higher management and the clients.  Organizing O&M team as well the centers according to contract obligations. Issuing O&M OSP procedures and get it approved by client according to contract obligation. Train the staff for applying the approved procedures. Manage all fiber cut activities. Show less

  • OSP (fiber network) Manager

    Jul 2007 - Jun 2010

  • O&M OSP Manager for SNFN (Saudi National Fiber Network)

    Feb 2005 - Jul 2007
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  Stc

  Jul 2009 - Jun 2012

  Outside plant Manager

  (Nemo) Project - Fiber network for Saudi Ministry of Interior network , Outside plant Manager  Manage all OSP activities according to PMO schedule. Report to the higher management and clients about the current status of activities Coordinate with subcontractors for daily activities and achievements, solving problems, making sure all materials needed was handled to the contractors. Follow-up with government agencies for permits . Show less

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  UTS-SA

  Jan 2011 - Aug 2020

  Executive Manager / Business Developer

  Utilities Technical Support (UTS): for geophysical survey services. Detection of all underground utilities supporting engineering offices, Telecom, electricity & water projects implementation to support the above projects with safe digging/construction with minimize utilities & fiber cuts for as-built utilities.Utilities Technical Support (UTS) inaugurated with a vision to leading solution provider for industrial and underground utilities. Our mission is to serve our customers using a wide range of advanced technologies for:•Mapping Utilities •Leakage Detection•Global Positioning System (GPS) Survey•Geographic Information System (GIS) Services•Constructions & Transportation Assessment•Utilities Damage Assessment – Corrosion , Crackswww.uts-sa.comw.taha@uts-sa.com Show less

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  LJet Contracting Est.

  Sept 2020 - now

  Operation Manager (Solar System)

  Preparing & Managing all activities of Ramming & testing piles installation with completecoordination with customer for solar system at Arras, Saad, Qurayat & faisaliah sites (200MW- 600 MW)